My hubby is a week before xmas, and his mum used to have his birthday in the weeks before school finished (one of the weekends) that way he'd still get to hang out with his friends for a party. Its not the end of the world, but it is fun in this house LOL we have DD's birthday a month before xmas, DH's a week before and then xmas, we also have about 5 other birthdays around that time LOL!